Assay of corticosterone at Aurora West Allis Medical Center
8901 W Lincoln Ave, West Allis, WI · Aurorahealthcare · · NPI 1407801640
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Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
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Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$18.02 with United Healthcare vs $79.03 with Trilogy — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United Healthcare | Charter | $18.02 | — |
| United Healthcare | Exchange | $18.02 | — |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $18.02 | — |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $18.02 | — |
| Anthem | Blue Priority | $22.52 | — |
| Aurora Caregiver | Commercial | $22.52 | — |
| Anthem | Blue Preferred | $27.02 | — |
| Common Ground | Employee Trust Fund | $47.29 | — |
| Common Ground | Exchange | $47.29 | — |
| Centivo | Commercial | $49.23 | — |
| Common Ground | Envision | $49.23 | — |
| Aetna | HMO | $50.22 | — |
| Health Payment Systems | Commercial | $56.30 | — |
| Quartz One | Commercial | $56.30 | — |
| HealthPartners | Employee Trust Fund | $59.73 | — |
| Molina Exchange | Commercial | $62.16 | — |
| HS Technology | Commercial | $63.37 | — |
| Quartz Group | Commercial | $65.31 | — |
| Cigna | PPO-GPPO | $65.94 | — |
| Everpointe Elite | Commercial | $66.45 | — |
| Wisconsin Physician Service | Aurora Featured | $72.96 | — |
| HealthPartners | Robin | $76.46 | — |
| Wisconsin Physician Service | Arise | $76.79 | — |
| Wisconsin Physician Service | Statewide | $76.79 | — |
| Trilogy | Commercial | $79.03 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Assay of corticosterone at other Wisconsin hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Milwaukee | not published | $22.52 – $98.59 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Mequon | not published | $22.52 – $98.59 |
| UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital | Madison | not published | $13.51 – $35.03 |
| Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC | Glendale | not published | $21.84 – $40.34 |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo | Baraboo | not published | $16.89 – $223.81 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville | Janesville | not published | $16.89 – $179.05 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison | Madison | not published | $16.89 – $183.11 |
| SSM Health Monroe Hospital | Monroe | not published | $22.52 – $39.41 |